«In This Horrible Wrocław»: The Correspondence Between Edmund Wierciński and Teresa Roszkowska, 1950–1952

Anna Chojnacka

Institute of Art, Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5174-4155

Marek Piekut

(Poland)

Abstract

The painter and stage designer Teresa Roszkowska (1904–1992) and the actor and director Edmund Wierciński (1899–1955) had known each other for more than twenty years. Roszkowska designed the sets for seven productions directed by Wierciński, and the productions on which he collaborated with her were some of the best in his work.Wierciński and Roszkowska were a creative and well-working duo. They understood each other perfectly and were loyal to each other. They created comprehensive compositions on stage without losing sight of detail. The letters by Teresa Roszkowska are now part of the Wiercińskis’ Archive in the Special Collections of the Institute of Art at the Polish Academy of Sciences, No. 1209/8. The letters by Edmund Wierciński are kept at the Pracownia Historii Szkolnictwa Teatralnego (Laboratory of Research into the History of Theatre Education) of the Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw, where the addressee deposited them.

Keywords:

theatre aesthetics, Polish theatre, theatrical production, Edmund Wierciński, Teresa Roszkowska